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Robert Louis Gordy

Also Known As: "Bob Kayli"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States
Death: October 21, 2022 (91)
Marina del Rey, Los Angeles County, California, United States (Natural causes)
Immediate Family:

Son of Pops Gordy and Bertha Ida Gordy
Brother of Fuller Berry Gordy; Esther E. (Ettie) Edwards; Anna Ruby Gaye; Loucye S. (Lucy) Wakefield; George Weldon Gordy, Sr and 3 others

Occupation: Songwriter, music publishing executive, recording artist
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About Robert Gordy

Robert L. Gordy is probably best known for playing a cameo in the Diana Ross-starring vehicle, Lady Sings the Blues, playing a drug dealer named "Hawk". Also an early songwriter of several songs for the Motown label, Gordy recorded a novelty hit in 1958 under the stage name Bob Kayli with the song "Everyone Was There". He replaced Louyce Gordy as head of Jobete Music Publishing in 1965 after Louyce's death.

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Robert Gordy's Timeline

1931
July 15, 1931
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States
2022
October 21, 2022
Age 91
Marina del Rey, Los Angeles County, California, United States